Research Professional at Eli Coleman Institute of Sexual and Gender Heath

This position will be 20 hours a week. This is a temporary position expected to last through June 1, 2025, with the possibility of extension based on satisfactory performance, availability of work, and departmental/ grant funding.

Job responsibilities:

Project Management and Communication (10%):

• Facilitate communication with study site and with funding agency.
• Manage and monitor study budget and needs including contracts/invoicing.

Participant Recruitment and Enrollment (40%)

• Coordinate with MnDOC sex offender intake workers to identify potential participants.
• Educate and consent individuals who quality for the project.

Data Collection, Management and Monitoring (40%)

• Conduct pre-test assessments after participants have consented.
• Conduct post-test assessments 25 - 30 weeks after the initial assessment.
• Implement and enforce protocols to protect confidentiality of Human Subject data.
• Maintain and update the databases and monitor to ensure data integrity and quality.
• Perform quality checks on data and monitor all processes.

Study Regulatory Requirements (5%)

• Assure that all IRB and other pertinent UMN systems are adhered to including training requirements and record keeping.
• Assist in writing the IRB continuing review, and ongoing reporting documents, as required.

Project Dissemination (5%)

• Work with investigators to manage timely completion of project milestones during development and management of the project.
• Draft sponsor reports to detail updated activity and sponsor required elements.

All required qualifications must be included in the application materials

Required qualifications:

• BA/BS degree, or a combination of education and relevant work experience to equal at least four years
• Data collection, data management, data analysis and statistics.
• Experience with vulnerable populations.
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point) and commonly used data analysis software (SPSS,SAS, STATA).
• Experience planning, problem-solving and data management.
• Experience working independently and meeting deadlines.

Preferred qualifications:

• Ph.D. student in Family Social Science, Psychology, Counseling, Social Work or Criminology.
• Experience conducting behavioral science, social science, or criminal justice research with diverse communities.
• Experience coordinating or working on applied research, including recruiting participants and obtaining informed consent.
• Experience with data collection or interviewing, especially with incarcerated or other criminally involved populations strongly desired.
• Experience establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships with individuals.
• Experience handling multiple tasks under pressure of deadline.
• Experience using mobile apps for survey research or other data collection and in communicating with individuals and groups in a computer networked environment.
  
  

The Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Minnesota was created more than 50 years ago in response to a legislative mandate to train primary care physicians. Since then, we have been leaders in transforming the specialty through education, research, and patient care. We are the academic sponsor of seven family medicine residencies-five in the Twin Cities, two in Greater Minnesota. We are involved in medical student education activities across the Medical School's two campuses: Twin Cities and Duluth. We sponsor five fellowship programs-sports medicine, hospice and palliative medicine, behavioral medicine, clinical informatics, and human sexuality- and offer continuing medical education opportunities. We are regularly among the top National Institutes of Health-funded family medicine departments. Our faculty are actively researching health disparities, healthcare delivery, and population health. More at https://med.umn.edu/familymedicine.

Pay Range: $23.85 per hour to $28.00 per hour depending on education/qualifications/experience

Time Appointment: 50% Appointment

Position Type: Civil-Service

Please visit the Office of Human Resources website for more information regarding benefit eligibility.

The University offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Competitive wages, paid holidays, and generous time off
• Continuous learning opportunities through professional training and degree-seeking programs supported by the Regents Tuition Benefit Program
• Low-cost medical, dental, pharmacy and disability plans
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• University HSA contributions
• Employer-paid life insurance
• Employee wellbeing program
• Excellent retirement plans with employer contribution
• Employee Assistance Program with eight sessions of counseling at no cost

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